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		mhandley on June 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How electronic ignition works and also how to make... My son has a Seat Leon MK1 from 2002 and that uses coil-on-plug. The MK1 was released in 1999, so likely at least VW group were using coil-on-plug in the late 1990s.

nickff on June 28, 2024 [–]

COP was invented in the 1930s, and first used on automobiles in the 1970s: https://gtc.ca/blog/the-different-types-of-ignition-systems/...

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